Rule · LB · 28 Aug 2026
The Bank of Lithuania approves a description establishing requirements for financial market participants to provide information to the European Single Access Point (ESAP) in a machine-readable or electronic format, including specific metadata such as entity identifiers, size categories, and data classification. The regulation applies to a defined range of entities, including PRIIP providers, financial conglomerate subsidiaries, financial intermediaries, market operators, and crypto-asset service providers, mandating compliance with technical standards set by the European Commission. The decision delegates certain data collection tasks to third parties while retaining the Bank's ultimate responsibility, with the main provisions entering into force on January 10, 2028, and specific amendments to the preamble and scope taking effect on January 10, 2030.
BANK OF LITHUANIA BOARD
DECISION
ON THE APPROVAL OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM FINANCIAL MARKET PARTICIPANTS TO THE EUROPEAN SINGLE ACCESS POINT
28 August 2026 No. 2026/03-92
Vilnius
Guided by Article 42(4)(1) of the Law on the Bank of Lithuania of the Republic of Lithuania and implementing Directive (EU) 2023/2864 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 amending certain directives as regards the creation and operation of the European Single Access Point, and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 establishing the European Single Access Point ensuring centralized access to publicly available information relevant to financial services, capital markets and sustainability, the Board of the Bank of Lithuania decides:
Approve the Description of the Procedure for Providing Information from Financial Market Participants to the European Single Access Point (attached).
Establish that, when performing the tasks of the data-collecting entity under Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 establishing the European Single Access Point ensuring centralized access to publicly available information relevant to financial services, capital markets and sustainability, the Bank of Lithuania may, in the manner specified in Article 5(8) of that Regulation, delegate certain or all of the tasks specified therein related to the information that the Bank of Lithuania must make available in the European Single Access Point. In such a case, the Bank of Lithuania publishes on its website information about the entity to which the tasks are delegated and the list of information to be provided to that entity. The delegation of tasks does not affect the responsibility of the Bank of Lithuania as the data-collecting entity.
Amend the preamble of this Decision and state it as follows:
“Guided by Article 42(4)(1) of the Law on the Bank of Lithuania of the Republic of Lithuania, Article 10(7) of the Law on Additional Supervision of Companies Belonging to a Financial Conglomerate of the Republic of Lithuania, Article 27(7), Article 41(3), Article 41a(5), Article 41b(5), Article 41d(9), Article 60(4), Article 65(3) of the Law on Financial Instruments Markets of the Republic of Lithuania, Article 25a(8) and Article 37 of the Law on Financial Sustainability of the Republic of Lithuania, Article 6(2) of the Law on Crypto-Asset Markets of the Republic of Lithuania, and implementing Directive (EU) 2023/2864 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 amending certain directives as regards the creation and operation of the European Single Access Point, and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 establishing the European Single Access Point ensuring centralized access to publicly available information relevant to financial services, capital markets and sustainability, the Board of the Bank of Lithuania decides:”.
“2. This Description applies to the following entities (hereinafter collectively – financial market participants):
2.1. providers of retail investment products and insurance-based investment products, obliged to provide information under Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for retail investment products and insurance-based investment products (PRIIP);
2.2. supervised entities established in the Republic of Lithuania, obliged to provide information under Article 10(7) of the Law on Additional Supervision of Companies Belonging to a Financial Conglomerate of the Republic of Lithuania;
2.3. financial intermediary companies and subsidiary undertakings, obliged to provide information under Article 27(7) of the Law on Financial Instruments Markets of the Republic of Lithuania;
2.4. financial intermediary companies and market operators, obliged to provide information under Article 41(3) of the Law on Financial Instruments Markets of the Republic of Lithuania;
2.5. life insurance and occupational pension institutional investors and asset managers, obliged to provide information under Article 41a(5) and Article 41b(5) of the Law on Financial Instruments Markets of the Republic of Lithuania;
2.6. authorized consultants, obliged to provide information under Article 41d(9) of the Law on Financial Instruments Markets of the Republic of Lithuania;
2.7. market operators, obliged to provide information under Article 60(2) and Article 65(3) of the Law on Financial Instruments Markets of the Republic of Lithuania;
2.8. entities, obliged to provide information under Article 25a(8) and Article 37 of the Law on Financial Sustainability of the Republic of Lithuania;
2.9. issuers of asset-referenced tokens, persons offering to the public or requesting admission to trading of crypto-assets, obliged to provide information under Article 6(2) of the Law on Crypto-Asset Markets of the Republic of Lithuania.”
Establish that this Decision, except for points 3 and 4, enters into force on 10 January 2028.
Establish that points 3 and 4 of this Decision enter into force on 10 January 2030.
Chairman of the Board Gediminas Šimkus
APPROVED
By the Decision of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania 28 August 2026 No. 2026/03-92
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM FINANCIAL MARKET PARTICIPANTS TO THE EUROPEAN SINGLE ACCESS POINT
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Description of the Procedure for Providing Information from Financial Market Participants to the European Single Access Point (hereinafter – Description) establishes requirements for financial market participants to provide information to the European Single Access Point, as defined in the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania, and the procedure for submitting this information to the Bank of Lithuania.
This Description applies to providers of retail investment products and insurance-based investment products (hereinafter – financial market participants), obliged to provide information under Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for retail investment products and insurance-based investment products (PRIIP).
This Description applies together with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1338 of the European Commission of 10 July 2025 establishing regulatory technical standards with regard to the functions of the European Single Access Point and other applicable acts of the Republic of Lithuania and the European Union under Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
CHAPTER II
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
AND THE PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING IT TO THE BANK OF LITHUANIA
4.1. it must be provided in a machine-readable format, as defined in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 establishing the European Single Access Point ensuring centralized access to publicly available information relevant to financial services, capital markets and sustainability (hereinafter – Regulation (EU) 2023/2859), or, where required by Union law, in an electronic format, as defined in Article 2(4) of that Regulation;
4.2. the following metadata must be attached to it:
4.2.1. all names of the financial market participant to whom the information relates;
4.2.2. the legal entity identifier of the financial market participant, as specified in Article 7(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
4.2.3. the size of the financial market participant by category, as specified in Article 7(4)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
4.2.4. the type of information, as classified in Article 7(4)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
4.2.5. an indication of whether the information includes personal data.
Information is submitted to the Bank of Lithuania electronically, except for information for which the Bank of Lithuania has established a different submission procedure.
Information is submitted to the Bank of Lithuania within the time limits established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and/or acts of European Union law.
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“implementing Directive (EU) 2023/2864 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023”
“and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023”
“Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents”
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